Re: Is My Copy Bad?
Hello there...
I had some trouble installing not only Debian, but Windows 98 and other
Linux Distros booting from CD-ROM in /dev/hdb (in others machines).
The error seems to be caused by some buggy boards that doesn't handle HD
and CD-ROM in the same IDE when processor goes to protected mode,
probably it's caused by the slow response time of the CD-ROM.
A simple solution is to put de CD-ROM drive in the secondary IDE,as
/dev/hdc or /dev/hdd, and boot from it. It ever worked for me, despite
the system/distro I was using.
Taupter
Charles wrote:
>
> Answering Jim's questions( thanks for helping):
>
> Yes I am trying to install Debian from a CDROM and booting from this. I
> am trying to install on a p-133, 32-meg 16xCDROM, IDE hard drive and
> CDROM boot enabled. The installer runs fine, I mount the root partition
> and so on.
>
> Then I get to the problem step "Install Operating System Kernel and
> Modules". First time round I selected (Install from CDROM - at /dev/hdb
> - the CD spins up - I leave the path as default "/debian" - and select
> the "list" option). At this point I get the following error message:
> "this installation program couldn't find any directory containing
> the file resc1440tecra.bin"
> I alt-F2 at this stage and check the /instmnt/ for a directory ./debian
> or the file in question. I find the file however I fail to find a
> directory called /debian.
>
> Second time round I carry out the same procedure until the last step.
> THis time I manually set the path to where I found the file(
> resc1440tecra.bin) /instmnt/boot. This time I get a different message
> telling me that drv1440tecra.bin isn't there.
>
> I hope from this you could tell me what could be going wrong.
>
> Thanks Charles
>
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